BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Social media was clear as to who the winner of last night's Greater Birmingham Young Republicans 6th Congressional District Republican debate was: Gary Palmer.

Palmer and his runoff opponent Paul DeMarco faced off at Regions Field Thursday night. Neither candidate had any major slip-ups, although both candidates did struggle to sufficiently answer what to do with the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants now in the country – a tough question for anyone that's against amnesty, as they both are. (Read a wrap-up here.)

But Palmer clearly had easy control of the issues, and seemed much more comfortable discussing his positions in depth. He seemed more comfortable in general, in fact. This was the consensus last night on social media.

If DeMarco had people that believed he won, they did not tweet about.

Our unscientific poll after the debate was still solidly in Palmer's favor, but only 60 percent of the 1,000 respondents said he won. 33 percent said DeMarco won, and 7 percent said it was a draw.

This from Jefferson County Commission president David Carrington, who endorsed Will Brooke in the primary and once said that “the best thing for Paul [DeMarco] is to lose,” so not an unbiased source by any means.